Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to lead change within the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care System. As Host organisation for the Cambridgeshire South Care Partnership ('South Place'), Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust is investing in a number of permanent senior system posts. In this role you will lead development of Integrated Neighbourhoods and proactive models of care across Cambridge City, East Cambridgeshire, South Cambridgeshire and Royston, including a focus on addressing health inequalities for the population and for individuals, growing local matrix working arrangements, and influencing the development of the Integrated Care System. You will benefit from comprehensive support and development opportunities as an employee of CUH, and from a wealth of opportunities and expertise within the Integrated Care System partners. You will work with a wide network of colleagues within health, social care, voluntary and faith sectors, other public sector departments and citizens.
We welcome candidates with diverse backgrounds and experience. You will need patience, optimism and resilience to enjoy the challenges of working outside a traditional organisational framework in a developing system, and you will be rewarded with rollercoaster highs as you bring about changes which improve the lives of citizens and colleagues.
Main duties of the job
The Cambridgeshire South Care Partnership (CSCP) has a vision for people living and working in Cambridgeshire South to enjoy health lives in strong, connected communities. We are developing new ways of working together that support health, care and support services to be accessed local to where people live - we are doing this through ongoing development of partnership working in Integrated Neighbourhoods.
In this role, you will be leading an inspirational team that is bringing organisations and citizens together to co-design, implement and refine new models of care that meet local needs and ambitions. Our work is gaining momentum as trust and confidence builds, and this is an exciting time to step into this role and continue to stretch our ambitions.
About us
Our Place-based Partnership
The Cambridgeshire South Care Partnership (CSCP) is one of five Accountable Business Units (ABUs) within the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough ICS and is, hosted by Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust (CUH). This post reports to the Director, Strategy and Partnership Development, CSCP. The ABUs are accountable for delivering improvements in integrated care, population health and health inequalities to support the needs and ambitions of people living and working in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
The CSCP leads and convenes partnership working within an evolving matrix arrangement with residents and communities, health, care and support providers, voluntary organisations, local authorities and the Integrated Care Board. Our vision is for people living and working in Cambridgeshire South to enjoy health lives in strong, connected communities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
This vacancy will close at midnight on the 17th December 2023.
Interviews are due to be held on the 15th January 2023.
Benefits to you
We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse, day nurseries and access to a great transport system with easy access to airports and rail travel.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
This vacancy will close at midnight on the 17th December 2023.
Interviews are due to be held on the 15th January 2023.
Benefits to you
We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse, day nurseries and access to a great transport system with easy access to airports and rail travel.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area with additional specialist training in relevant field e.g. Health Care Strategy.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Management / Leadership qualification or equivalent experience.
- Project or programme management qualification or equivalent experience.
Desirable
- Additional management qualifications and national engagement roles commensurate with a senior NHS position.
Experience
Essential
- Substantial relevant experience of developing, leading and managing a large programme of work in the NHS, local authority or equivalent large complex organisation, including monitoring and reporting progress, managing risks, and evaluating outcomes.
- Substantial experience in project management and business development in complex systems including experience at senior management level.
- Experience of developing strategy in large complex systems or organisations.
- Proven track record of delivering large and complex projects on time.
- Experience of stakeholder engagement and managing stakeholder relationships, including with external organisations and at the most senior levels, including executives and politicians.
- Experience of successful delivery in a high-pressure environment and to tight deadlines.
- Proven record of establishing, leading, developing and effectively managing teams.
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of the background to and aims of current national healthcare policy for England, the evidence base and relevant national and international evidence and exemplars, and an appreciation of the implications of this on engagement across an entire system geography.
- Specialist knowledge of working with health, local government, the voluntary sector and residents as partners.
- Politically adept with an astute grasp of relevant issues displaying a clear high level understanding of both national and local agenda and how they can be managed.
- Excellent knowledge of business development, funding routes and current affairs in Health and Social Care.
- Knowledge of current and pending law and legislation governing Integrated Care.
- Knowledge of NHS and Local Government resource allocation policies and system interaction.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to remain engaging and communicate effectively in hostile, emotional, antagonistic or complex environments (e.g. consultations and organisational change).
- Exceptional written and verbal skills - communicating, negotiating and influencing with impact verbally and in writing at the highest levels - with a particular emphasis on writing for business purposes and the ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
- Ability to sensitively communicate complex, unfamiliar and challenging concepts, deliver bad news and galvanise professionals who are under immense pressure to create capacity for positive change.
- Highly developed interpersonal skills including confidence to work at an individual level, in small groups and in front of large audiences.
- Effective negotiation and listening skills, ability to develop creative 'win win' solutions and manage a wide variety of situations.
- Ability to influence and engage clinical and non-clinical, internal and external colleagues, directors and the public.
- Ability to use judgment to weigh up diverse, and complex numerical and qualitative information and views to identify key issues and make recommendations for action.
- Ability to translate national policy into local and organisational strategy.
- Ability to adopt a systematic approach to making judgments regarding highly complex situations using varied sources of information, managing competing priorities and conflicting information.
- Analytical, numeracy and financial management skills.
- Strength and resilience to maintain optimism in an adverse environment.
Desirable
- Knowledge of NHS and Local Government resource allocation policies and system interaction.
- Coaching skills.
Additional Requirements
Essential
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to masters level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in specialist area with additional specialist training in relevant field e.g. Health Care Strategy.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Management / Leadership qualification or equivalent experience.
- Project or programme management qualification or equivalent experience.
Desirable
- Additional management qualifications and national engagement roles commensurate with a senior NHS position.
Experience
Essential
- Substantial relevant experience of developing, leading and managing a large programme of work in the NHS, local authority or equivalent large complex organisation, including monitoring and reporting progress, managing risks, and evaluating outcomes.
- Substantial experience in project management and business development in complex systems including experience at senior management level.
- Experience of developing strategy in large complex systems or organisations.
- Proven track record of delivering large and complex projects on time.
- Experience of stakeholder engagement and managing stakeholder relationships, including with external organisations and at the most senior levels, including executives and politicians.
- Experience of successful delivery in a high-pressure environment and to tight deadlines.
- Proven record of establishing, leading, developing and effectively managing teams.
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of the background to and aims of current national healthcare policy for England, the evidence base and relevant national and international evidence and exemplars, and an appreciation of the implications of this on engagement across an entire system geography.
- Specialist knowledge of working with health, local government, the voluntary sector and residents as partners.
- Politically adept with an astute grasp of relevant issues displaying a clear high level understanding of both national and local agenda and how they can be managed.
- Excellent knowledge of business development, funding routes and current affairs in Health and Social Care.
- Knowledge of current and pending law and legislation governing Integrated Care.
- Knowledge of NHS and Local Government resource allocation policies and system interaction.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to remain engaging and communicate effectively in hostile, emotional, antagonistic or complex environments (e.g. consultations and organisational change).
- Exceptional written and verbal skills - communicating, negotiating and influencing with impact verbally and in writing at the highest levels - with a particular emphasis on writing for business purposes and the ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
- Ability to sensitively communicate complex, unfamiliar and challenging concepts, deliver bad news and galvanise professionals who are under immense pressure to create capacity for positive change.
- Highly developed interpersonal skills including confidence to work at an individual level, in small groups and in front of large audiences.
- Effective negotiation and listening skills, ability to develop creative 'win win' solutions and manage a wide variety of situations.
- Ability to influence and engage clinical and non-clinical, internal and external colleagues, directors and the public.
- Ability to use judgment to weigh up diverse, and complex numerical and qualitative information and views to identify key issues and make recommendations for action.
- Ability to translate national policy into local and organisational strategy.
- Ability to adopt a systematic approach to making judgments regarding highly complex situations using varied sources of information, managing competing priorities and conflicting information.
- Analytical, numeracy and financial management skills.
- Strength and resilience to maintain optimism in an adverse environment.
Desirable
- Knowledge of NHS and Local Government resource allocation policies and system interaction.
- Coaching skills.
Additional Requirements
Essential
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Addenbrookes Hospital-Division Corporate
Hills Road
Cambridge
CB2 0QQ
Employer's website
https://www.cuh.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)